East Africa
East Africa
The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report: What’s in it for East Africa?
This factsheet highlights:
- How East Africa’s climate is already changing
- East Africa’s future climate
- Climate change impacts we have already seen in East Africa
- Future climate risks in East Africa
- East Africa’s potential to adapt
- Key investment areas for a climate-resilient East Africa
Explore the factsheet, along with free-to-use images and infographics, below.
With every increment of global warming, the risk of biodiversity loss and species’ extinction increases across Africa.
The Earth’s average surface temperature is expected to reach or surpass 1.5°C of warming above preindustrial times (1850–1900) in the near term (up to 2040), according to the IPCC’s most recent assessment.
The ability of southern African communities and sectors to pursue effective adaptation options to the full is constrained by lack of finance.
KEY: (A) Number of days per year with severe heat stress in the historical climate (1985–2014). (B and C) Increase in the number of days per year with severe heat stress for global warming of 1.5°C and 3.75°C above pre-industrial levels (1850–2100). Heat stress is estimated using a high Temperature Humidity Index value (Livestock Weather Safety Index).
In one estimate, African countries’ GDP per capita was on average 13.6% lower over the period 1991–2010, compared to if human induced climate change had not occurred
A farmer in Bugesera District, Rwanda
Courtesy of Rwanda Green Fund
Image of coral reef in Kenya, South of Mombasa
Courtesy of Anna K Mueller via Shutterstock
Image of a livestock market in Ethiopia
Courtesy of Shutterstock/Ilia Torlin
Somali women grow their own crops on the outskirts of Ifo Refugee Camp in Dadaab, Kenya
Courtesy of Africa Practice/Kate Holt